jpdb beta

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

1

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

2

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

1

earthworm

2

to get slightly dirty (all over)

3

it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...

1

self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation

1

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

2

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

4

real name

2

novelist; fiction writer

1

the preceding year; the previous year; last year

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newspaper company

2

service; duty; work

1

people; men and women; each person; everybody

3

great writer; major writer

2

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

1

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

1

after

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additional printing (esp. of books, etc.); additional run

1

two times; twice; two degrees

1

reissue (of a discontinued magazine, etc.); republication; reprint; resumption of publication

1

to beat time; to mark time

1

one's own literary work

1

growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

1

to write down; to record; to register

1

early post war period; immediately after the war

1

demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation

1

youth; young man

1

to wander from place to place; to change jobs

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

2

frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely

1

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

1

distant look; faraway look

4

signature

3

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

1

autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication

2

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume

2

official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

1

to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

1

a period (of time)

1

reporter; journalist

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

the world of the arts

1

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

1

article; news story; report; account

1

art gallery; art museum

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

1

acquaintance

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